Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
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Trump is in excellent health says the White House Physician:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/politics/trumps-hea...West Palm Beach, Florida - CNN
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President Donald Trump is “fully fit” to perform the duties of the presidency, the White House physician said in a memorandum released Sunday following Trump’s yearly physical that cited his “frequent victories” in golf tournaments as evidence of his robust health.
The note, which included details of laboratory work, physical examinations and a cognitive test, concluded that Trump remains in “excellent health.”
Trump, who is 78 years old, weighs 224 pounds and is 75 inches tall, the note reports. His resting heart rate is 62 beats per minute, and his blood pressure is 128/74 mmHg, which is considered elevated.
His weight is down 20 pounds from his final presidential physical in 2020, when he came in at 244 pounds. His cholesterol levels have also improved since he last released details of his physical health.
Trump scored 30 out of 30 on a Montreal Cognitive Assessment exam, the note said. The president told reporters as he flew to Florida on Friday that he “got every answer right” on the well-known assessment that doctors can quickly use to detect “mild cognitive dysfunction.”
Exams of Trump’s various bodily systems came back normal, including of his eyes, head, ears, nose and throat. The physician noted scarring on Trump’s right ear derived from the attempt on his life in Pennsylvania last year.
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“President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Health of State,” the memo concludes.So, unfortunately, he's not likely to "stroke out" anytime soon. ☹️
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No. of Recommendations: 2
If that is a brain with no 'mild cognitive dysfunction', what the hell does mild cognitive disfunction look like!
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If that is a brain with no 'mild cognitive dysfunction', what the hell does mild cognitive disfunction look like!
Notable is that although they did test for "mild cognitive dysfunction", they did not test for "major cognitive dysfunction"!
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He probably spent the previous day studying for the standardized test:-)
Alan
No. of Recommendations: 6
So, unfortunately, he's not likely to "stroke out" anytime soon.
I posted this on TMF, but I'll repeat it here with some updates that aren't appropriate there.
I weigh about 225, and am about 3 inches shorter than the liar-in-chief. His gut is as big or bigger than mine. There's no freaking way he weighs 224. The entire report is just a bunch of lies. I doubt that any of the tests were actually performed.
I fully expect lies from Trump, but I'm disappointed that a professional with a code of ethics to follow would sign his name to those lies. I wonder how many military physicians they had to run through to find one that would agree to lie for Trump. The fact that it's an Emergency physician tells a lot. An exam like this would normally be conducted by a general practitioner or a family physician.
It's even more distressing that a member of the military would agree to such lies. These actions reflect poorly on the entire military, not just this one doctor and his superior officers. And that's not really fair to the vast majority of military members who take their oath to the constitution seriously.
So two conclusions.
1. This report - correction - pile of lies doesn't say anything about the odds of him stroking out. We simply don't know.
2. The number of people willing to lie on behalf of Trump is simply astonishing. That in itself would be an interesting thing to study in the future.
--Peter
